Receiving the 2023 Man of the Year Award from the Silverbird Group at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Lagos, in March 2024, the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, gave ample indication of his governing style and strategic vision. Hear him:…

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official Twitter handle of the CBN.] The media has in a nutshell been the cornerstone of Cardoso’s reputation management which has put the economy on a better footing.…

The arrival of our Old-New National Anthem is more than just a change in melody. It is a call for unity, patriotism, and national renewal. It reminds us of our shared aspiration as a united nation, destined to live in…

One of the very easy tactics that a government adopts when it sees that it is unpopular with the publics that it governs is to create a diversion, fly a kite or invent a subject of controversy to keep the…

…most people who complain of being insulted by ‘social media warriors’ are ‘powerful’ people who throw the first punch and when their victims or their supporters respond, they turn around to play the victim. For instance, when the respected Soyinka…

Couldn’t Labour have given more time for the government to respond to its demands? Is wage increase the only solution to economic woes workers are facing? Couldn’t Labour have made other demands like calling for the scrapping of one of…

A metaphor is a figure of speech that implicitly compares two unrelated things, typically by stating that one thing is another. Metaphors can be used to create vivid imagery, exaggerate a characteristic or action, or express a complex idea. The…

Do you sometimes wonder what the difference is between ‘unless’ and ‘until’? Or you think they mean the same thing? Okay, what are your choices for the gaps in the following clauses? I don’t attend parties … I am invited.…

Last week, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu marked his one year in office as the president of Nigeria. Interestingly, instead of discussing the achievements of the Tinubu administration, most Nigerians were busy discussing the reversion to the old national anthem that was…

Ikubaje who holds a PhD in Peace, Governance and Development from the United Nations University in Costa-Rica, draws from years of experience in professional engagements with the African Union Advisory Board against Corruption and the African Union Commission, in producing…

President Tinubu of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. And last week the APC federal government, seemingly exhausted by its exertions, pulled the final ostrich stratagem on the nation. It did not quite bury its head in the sand. But if…

South Africans voted in national and local elections on 29 May, exactly one year after Nigeria inaugurated its current president. Since 1994, this election has been the most significant post-apartheid election and the most unpredictable in the country’s 30 years of democratic…

Remember this now and for life: always make sure that whatever step you take is based absolutely on the truth. Truth is meant to be the ultimate authority over any other considerations. It ought to be the only basis for…

The ceaseless abuse of the autonomy of local governments in the country by governors will soon be a subject of legal fireworks at the Supreme Court. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has filed…

Nigerians are waiting eagerly for President Bola Tinubu to make a proclamation on the new date for the postponed National Population and Housing Census. The immediate-past administration of President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier scheduled the exercise to hold between May…